Plate Tectonics Quiz
A quiz about plate tectonics.
1. Who is the father of continental drift theory?
Alfred Wegener
Alex Du Toit
Arthur Holmes
Charles Darwin
2. What is the name of the shallow sea where fold mountains were formed?
Samfrau Geosyncline
Cape Fold Mountains
Sierra de la Ventana
Australian Highlands
3. Which type of plate boundary forms new plates?
Constructive Boundary
Destructive Boundary
Polar Flight Theory
Convection Currents
4. Where was Pangaea located before it broke up into Laurasia and Gondwanaland?
South America
Africa
Antarctica
Atlantic Ocean
5. Which ship took drill samples that helped to prove continental drift theory?
Glomar Challenger
Titanic
Santa Maria
Mayflower
6. What causes the tectonic plates to move?
Gravitational Pull of Moon
Earth Spinning Faster at Equator
Convection Cells in Mantle
Viscous Nature of Moving Mantle
7. What is a plate boundary?
Ocean Floor Younger Than Continents
Sediments on Ocean Floors Thinner Than Expected
Outer Edge of Plate Where Plates Meet Each Other
Oil Fields Formed by Vast Amounts of Vegetation
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